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Summer of Geek Love Update
Wanted to update this listing because there have been quite a few additions:
ADDED Anime North, Toronto: May 23 - 25
ADDED Gregor's Crossing Medieval Faire, Chatham Ontario, Saturday May 31st
Wizard World Chicago; June 26 - 29
ADDED For environment geeks -- I'm A Believer -Benefit for the Utopia Conservation Area & Gristmill restoration project featuring Micky Dolenz / The Spoons @ the Capitol Theatre, Toronto; July 10
Paradise Toronto Comicon; Saturday July 12 - July 13
ADDED: Wonder Women of America book launch at San Diego Comicon: click here for book
A little more info on the I'm A Believer concert:
This benefit concert is to help fund the restoration of Bell's Gristmill in Utopia, Ontario (just West of Barrie). Utopia, a small community of 100 people has banded together in effort to revitalize the Utopia Conservation Area and the historic Bell's Gristmill from the 1800's. It is their dream that it will become a functioning gristmill again and an environmental resource education centre.
Micky Dolenz lends his support to this worthwhile cause by singing many of his favourite hits such as Last Train To Clarksville, Stepping Stone, I'm a Believer and others from The Monkees TV show and more!
Toronto's 80's band The Spoons will kick off the night with hits like Nova Heart, Romantic Traffic, Tell No Lies and more.
And Ed and I will be on hand at the event as well.
But what's saving one little mill in the middle of nowhere going to do? Well...
Firstly, the protected park space around it will help combat urban sprawl. Within my lifetime, the area North of Toronto has become increasingly developed by housing. While that's good for property values, it's not good for air quality, shrinking amounts of Class A farmland, or... hey, those things called trees!
But it's also about the symbol that is the mill. It's a small part of Canadian history that, without preservation efforts, will be torn down to make way for yet another subdivision. We in the GTA take for granted our access to preserved and restored historical sites, but they don't happen by accident. At some point, someone took up an initiative just like this one.
Phrases like 'sustainable growth', 'green energy', and 'reducing our carbon footprint' are thrown around a lot these days with insufficient understanding of what these terms really mean. In light of this, and the growing awareness that the environment is a great marketing gimmick for large companies, an environmental education center is a vital tool for those of us who are concerned about the fate of the planet.
Even if you don't live in Toronto, you can help by purchasing a ticket. Consider it a $50 donation to the mill.
Tickets can be purchased at click here for ticketsLabels: geek
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